Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 153
who had great giftsof nature, and who also had some secret longingin his heart. So he came down the hill to the jolly harper man,walking with his cane, his gray beard falling overhis bosom, and his long white hair silvered in themoonlight. The jolly harper man secretly expected him, orat least he… … THE JOLLY HARPER MAN RIDES FORTH. Why do you wander here, my good harper?asked the hermit, when the last strain melted awayin low, airy echoes. over the lake. There areneither lads to dance nor lassies to sing. This hill I is my dominion, and the dominion of a hermit isolitude. See you not Loch…
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